True Blue (song)

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"True Blue"
Single by Madonna
from the album True Blue
B-side(s)	"Ain't No Big Deal" (US, Japan)
Released	October 9, 1986
Format	7" Single 12" Single and 5" CD Single
Recorded	??
Genre	Pop
Length	4:16
Label	Sire Records Warner Bros. Records WEA International
Producer(s)	Madonna Stephen Bray
Madonna singles chronology
"Papa Don't Preach" (1986)	"True Blue" (1986)	"Open Your Heart" (1986)
True Blue track listing
"Where's the Party" (5)	"True Blue" (6)	"La Isla Bonita" (7)

"True Blue" is the third single from Madonna's album of the same name in the fall of 1986.

Contents 1 Song information 2 Music video 2.1 Angel Garcia and Cliff Guest version 2.2 James Foley version 3 Track listings

[edit] Song information

The song can be described as a blend of 1950s bubblegum pop combined with 1980s teen pop. "True Blue" was a hit in the US, peaking at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100, as well as in the UK, where it reached #1. The song was composed and produced by Stephen Bray and Madonna. A limited quantity of the single was pressed in blue vinyl. The B-side of was the song "Ain't No Big Deal", which was previously used as a B-side to the overseas release of "Papa Don't Preach". The song was written for her then-husband Sean Penn; since their 1989 divorce, Madonna has only performed the song live once, during her 1987 "Who's that girl?" world tour.

Sweet girl-group tune that features Madonna at her chirpiest and most flirtatious, beginning with a pert call to attention (echoed in the later "Express Yourself"), which goes from coy rejoinder to bossy command.

Despite being a respectable hit, the song has yet to appear on any Madonna singles compilation, making it somewhat of a forgotten hit.

[edit] Music video

There are two different music videos for "True Blue".

[edit] Angel Garcia and Cliff Guest version

The winners of MTV's Make My Video competition were Angel Garcia and Cliff Guest, whose submission was the first video for the song. MTV spent a whole day showing some of the better submissions to the contest.

[edit] James Foley version

Madonna's own music video for the song was directed by James Foley. The James Foley version features Madonna with three dancers and a 1950s car in an all-blue studio. Two of Madonna's close friends, Erica Bell (who also appears in the videos for "Lucky Star" and "Papa Don't Preach") and Debi Mazar ("Papa Don't Preach" and "Music"), both appear in the video.

[edit] Track listings

7" Single

1. "True Blue (Remix a.k.a. Remix/Edit)"
2. "Holiday (Edit)"

U.S. 7" Single & U.S. 7" Blue Vinyl

1. "True Blue (Remix/Edit)"
2. "Ain't No Big Deal"

12" Single, 12" Picture Disc, 5" CD Single (Re-Issue)

1. "True Blue (The Color Mix)"
2. "Holiday"

12" Maxi Single, Cassette Maxi Single

1. "True Blue (The Color Mix)"
2. "True Blue (Instrumental)"
3. "True Blue (Remix/Edit)"
4. "Ain't No Big Deal"

Japanese / Australian 5" Compact Disc E.P

1. "True Blue (The Color Mix)"
2. "Everybody (Dub Version)"
3. "Papa Don't Preach (Extended Remix)"
4. "Everybody (Extended Mix)"
5. "Live To Tell (Instrumental)"

Preceded by "Don't Leave Me This Way" by The Communards

UK number one single October 5, 1986

Succeeded by "Every Loser Wins" by Nick Berry